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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA

711 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



IAC197-200515-

WRIGHT IA-

711 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY...



AT 645 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING 

OCCURRING IN EAGLE GROVE INCLUDING FLOODED BASEMENTS...SEVERAL 

OCCUPANTS RESCUED FROM A STALLED CAR IN THREE FEET OF STANDING WATER 

AT LUCAS AND NORTHEAST 2ND STREETS...ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER NEAR 

RESIDENCES AT 700 BLOCK OF NORTH IOWA AVENUE IN EAGLE GROVE. CLARION 

REPORTED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF WATER ON CITY STREETS. EAGLE GROVE ALSO 

HAS BARRICADED A STREET WHERE WATER WAS FLOWING OUT OF A MANHOLE 

WHERE MANHOLE COVER WAS BLOWN OFF DUE TO FLOODING. HEAVY RAINS HAVE 

FALLEN NEAR ROWAN AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING THERE. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CLARION



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.





DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4268 9398 4280 9350 4256 9350 4257 9398

TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 180DEG 0KT 4269 9370



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